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Blood diamonds and the meeting between Florence Nightingale and Aga Khan III

The History Hour by BBC

Feb 28, 202659:57Society & Culture

We begin with the trial of the former President of Liberia, Charles Taylor. It was claimed that he traded in arms and ammunition in return for so-called blood diamonds. Our guest, gemmologist James Evans discusses the cr...

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Blood diamonds and the meeting between Florence Nightingale and Aga Khan III is an episode from The History Hour by BBC. We begin with the trial of the former President of Liberia, Charles Taylor. It was claimed that he traded in arms and a...

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Published Feb 28, 2026, 59:57 long, audio available.

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